Subject: CASTAC - Loka Institute Exec. Director Job Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 00:59:51 -0400 From: Joseph Dumit To: CASTAC-L Dick Sclove writes: Loka Institute seeks Exec. Director (Job Announcement) 24 March 1998 Friends and Colleagues: The Loka Institute is growing, and I will be shifting from Executive Director to the new position of Research Director. Below is an announcement of our search for a new Executive Director. I would be grateful if you would share this announcement with promising candidates for the position, or repost it where appropriate. Many thanks! --Dick Sclove The Loka Institute ******************************** Job Announcement Application deadline: 15 May 1998 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Loka Institute seeks a stellar executive director with experience and innovative capabilities mainly in fundraising and administrative management, but also in strategic planning, organizational development, writing, and project development. Loka is a small, cutting-edge nonprofit organization dedicated to making science and technology more responsive to democratically decided social and environmental concerns (see us on the Web at ). Collaborative skills are essential; state or national organizing experience is preferred. Our methods include research and public education, animating and providing technical assistance to social change efforts, and testing and creating new institutions. Idyllically situated on a college campus in the beautiful, culturally vibrant Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, our work is national and international in scope. Salary negotiable starting at $30,000. Cover letter and C.V. to The Loka Institute, P.O. Box 355, Amherst, MA 01004, USA. Application deadline 15 May 1998. Equal Opportunity Employer.